What did you find helpful, and why? What did you disagree with, or how could you improve on the ideas? What 2-3 discussion questions do you have for your classmates?

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Curious qualities of charisma

Material 1 (Chance chapter 4) and 2 (Chance chapter 6.5).

For each of the above materials,  answer the following questions separately (not as an essay of the three questions):

  1. What did you find helpful, and why?
  2. What did you disagree with, or how could you improve on the ideas?
  3. What 2-3 discussion questions do you have for your classmates? (This should be open-ended, relevant, and interesting. No one right answer.)

Material 3 (Voss) 200-250 words. Explain how this reading may connechoct to 1 & 2.

CHAPTER 3 DON’T FEEL THEIR PAIN. LABEL IT(Voss)

CHAPTER SIX AND A HALF Deep Listening(Influence of your superpower)

CHAPTER FOUR The Curious Qualities of Charisma(Influence of your superpower)

 

Looking at the big picture, what about Wells Fargo’s corporate culture is encouraging these practices and how would change the overall corporate culture to discourage them? 

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BMGT 496 – Week 5 Discussion

Read the Wells Fargo Case at

The Wells Fargo Cross-Selling Scandal

You have just been named the new CEO at Wells Fargo.  The facts cited in the above case reflect the reality of the situation you have just inherited.  You are concerned about all the practices you find but want to prioritize your efforts.

What are the three practices that you assign the highest priority?

How would you address these three practices?

Looking at the big picture, what about Wells Fargo’s corporate culture is encouraging these practices and how would change the overall corporate culture to discourage them?

In answering the above, ignore the legal issues involved in the case and focus from the perspective of ethics.

 

Choose one situation, summarize the news story, and characterize the system involved. Identify which of the following behaviors are represented in the system and describe how they are represented.

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Discussion post

For your initial discussion post, look through recent news coverage. You can use newspapers, online news, television news, blogs such as Huffington Post, and so on. You can find systems operating almost anywhere you look. Choose one situation, summarize the news story, and characterize the system involved. Then identify which of the following behaviors are represented in the system and describe how they are represented:

  • Nonlinear systems
  • Nonexistent boundaries
  • Limits to growth
  • Ubiquitous delays
  • Bounded rationality
  • Causality (versus correlation)

Discuss whether Dixon breached the contract and decide in whose favor the court should rule. Assume that Dixon breached the contract and determine what the appropriate remedy is in this situation.

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Week 5 Discussion

Discussion
Before beginning work on this week’s discussion forum, please review the link “Doing Discussion Questions Right,” the expanded grading rubric for the forum and any specific instructions for this week’s topic.

By the due date assigned, submit your answers for two scenarios to this Discussion Area. Start reviewing and responding to your classmates as early in the week as possible. You should review and critique the work of other students as outlined in the expanded rubric by the end of the week.

Select two of the scenarios listed below and explain the best solution for each. Include comments related to any ethical issues that arise. You should locate at least one scholarly source from the SUO Library or one case that has been decided or is currently pending to support your answer.

Scenario 1 – Third Party Rights

Bobby was attending college two hundred miles from his home for the fall semester. Bobby’s wealthy aunt, Brenda, decides to give Bobby a car for Christmas. In November, Brenda makes a contract with Walker Ford to purchase a new car for $21,800 to be delivered to Bobby just before the Christmas holidays, in mid- December. The title to the car is to be in Bobby’s name. Brenda pays the full purchase price, calls Bobby and tells him about the gift, and takes off for a three-month vacation in Mexico.

Is Bobby an intended third party beneficiary of the contract between Brenda and Walker Ford?
Suppose that Walker Ford never delivers the car to Bobby. Does Bobby have the right to sue Walker Ford for breaching its contract with Brenda? Explain.

Scenario 2 – Statute of Frauds

Kathy agreed to purchase specially made cartons for one-of a kind wood sculptures from Pierce Packaging. Pierce faxed an invoice to Kathy reflecting a purchase price of $35,000, with a 20 percent down payment and the “balance due before shipment.” Kathy paid the down payment. Pierce finished the cartons and wrote Kathy a letter telling her to “pay the balance due or you will lose the down payment.” By then, Kathy had lost her customers for the cartons, could not pay the balance due, and asked for the return of her down payment.

Did these parties have an enforceable contract under the Statute of Frauds? Explain.

Scenario 3 – Breach and Remedies

Candace Dixon agreed to sell Alana Mendes a house in Alabama for $205,000. The sale was supposed to close by November 30, when the parties were to exchange the deed for the price. The contract included a provision that “if Seller is unable to convey good, clear, insurable, and marketable title, Buyer shall have the option to: accept such title as Seller is able to convey without reduction of the Purchase Price, orcancel this Agreement and receive a return of all Deposits.”
An examination of the public records revealed that the house did not have marketable title. Mendes offered Dixon additional time to resolve the problem, and the closing did not occur as scheduled. Dixon decided “the deal is over” and offered to return the deposit. Mendes refused and, in mid-December, decided to exercise her option to accept the house without marketable title. She notified Dixon, who did not respond. She then filed a lawsuit against Dixon in a state court.

Discuss whether Dixon breached the contract and decide in whose favor the court should rule.
Assume that Dixon breached the contract and determine what the appropriate remedy is in this situation.

Scenario 4 – Third Parties

Ronny enters into a contract with Sean to paint Sean’s house. Ronny paints Sean’s house an extremely hideous orange and blue even though Sean specified tan. Sean and his neighbor Chris are both fans of the Florida Seminoles and are furious to see the house painted in Florida Gator colors . Sean and Chris threaten to sue Ronny.

Evaluate the arguments each party will make, determine the outcome and support your answer with appropriate sources.

Is the above table in 2NF? Using the table and field names in the above table explain your answer in plain English.

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Week 7 database

Part 1) 55%

Complete Review Question 17.5 on page 509 in the Connolly text; explain each constraint (40%) and provide an example of each constraint other than the one in the text (15%). The response should be in the order of 500+ words

Part 2) 20%

Review the Normalization Process: Parts and Suppliers One-to-Many Example in the Terms and Concepts discussion.

Functional analysis:

Part —- > Price, Cost, Supplier, Street, City, State, Zip, Telephone

Supplier —- > Street, City, State, Zip, Telephone

Part —- > Price, Cost, Supplier

Table:

Parts (Part, Price, Cost, Supplier, Street, City, State, Zip, Telephone)

Compete the following:

  1. Copy and paste the 2NF definition from the Connolly text (see page 422) 4%
  2. Is the above table in 2NF? 6%
  3. Using the table and field names in the above table explain your answer in plain English. 10%

 

Identify and describe three local companies that you believe exhibit high quality in either their products or services. On what are your criteria for assigning high quality based?

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Quality control /assurance

Identify and describe three local companies that you believe exhibit high quality in either their products or services. On what are your criteria for assigning high quality based?

Next, further research one of the companies that you have picked. How do they measure quality? What kinds of quality control or assurance processes are in place? How has their quality improved over time?

 

What has been the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the economy? Identify two specific ways that the COVID-19 pandemic shocked the economy at some point during the COVID-19 pandemic, applying your AD-AS model.

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Macroeconomics 1

What has been the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the economy?

Identify two specific ways that the COVID-19 pandemic shocked the economy at some point during the COVID-19 pandemic, applying your AD-AS model. The shock could have occurred at any point of the pandemic.

For each of the two shocks that you have identified, explain what caused it to occur during the pandemic. Explain to your client in simple language how each shock caused a shift in AD or SR-AS, and how this consequently affected economic output (Y) and price pevel (P) in this country’s economy.

Illustrate each of these two shocks using an AD-AS diagram. You should create two separate diagrams for each of your two shocks. Include all essential elements of your diagram, including marking the initial and new macroeconomic equilibrium points, and including arrows to illustrate what has changed on your diagram.

For the purpose of this analysis, you can assume the economy begins at Potential Output (Y*) and you only need to focus on short-run effects

  • 2.1 Example of demand-side shock  [Explanation and diagram]
  • 2.2 Example of supply-side shock  [Explanation and diagram]

Your client wants to be advised on this country’s economy’s long-term growth prospects for the future. Using your economic knowledge on long-term growth, provide your brief insights into the ingredients that an economy needs for achieving ongoing improvements in its productive capacity and economic prosperity over the long-run.

Share you knowledge with your client on what are the most important ingredients for building a country’s potential output in the long-run. Present a theoretical diagram to illustrate your explanation of long-term growth. [150-200 words]

In the advice include the following:

  • 4.2 Effects of the pandemic on the economy’s productive capacity  [150-200 words]
  • 4.3 Predicted effects of climate change on economic prosperity  [150-200 words]
  • 4.4 Broader measures of economic prosperity and wellbeing  [150-250 words]

 

Explain why the qualitative method was best for this investigation and rationalize why other designs would not be appropriate. Identify the chosen design and why other designs would not work.

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Instructions: Choose 1 of the 2 attached articles or a combination of the two if it helps

Write a critique of the article that incorporates the concepts learned in this course.
1. Qualitative Research Method and the Research Problem
2. Qualitative Research Designs
3. Case Study and Phenomenology
4. Ethnography, Grounded Theory, and Other Designs
5. Qualitative Research Procedures and Participant Selection
6. Research Ethics and Qualitative Analysis

Using complete paragraphs and APA formatting, identify and explain the following in the critique of your selected article:
• Full citation of the article.
• Introduction – Write an introductory paragraph that includes a thesis statement and background information related to the problem.
• Problem statement – Use the scripted statement to identify and analyze the stated problem for completeness.
this framework must be used for your assignment response. Use one sentence for each of the following:
1. Hook: An attention-grabbing statement that is supported by the literature.
2. Anchor: Evidence of the problem statement that includes a statistic and is supported by primary research.
3. A statement of the general business problem.
4. A statement of the specific business problem.

This script is helpful to (a) frame the problem, (b) validate that it exists with verifiable data, and (c) identify why and for whom the problem matters (Bakari 2018).

NOTE: this framework must be used for your assignment response.

• Purpose of the study – Use the purpose statement to identify possible weaknesses in the stated purpose.
The purpose of this qualitative study is _________________ [content aim of the study]. A qualitative study design will be used in which narrative data will be collected and analyzed to _________. These data will represent ____________ [the bounding or description of the study]. Qualitative data will be gathered exploring _____________ [the central phenomenon] from _________ [participants] at _________ [the research site]. The reasons for using this form of data to ________ [support or generate] data, is to develop an in-depth understanding of ____________________. [Include scholarly sources to support these research decisions.]

• Research question – Remember that qualitative research questions are how or why queries.

• Methodology and design – Explain why the qualitative method was best for this investigation and rationalize why other designs would not be appropriate. Identify the chosen design and why other designs would not work.

• Research ethics – Based on your progress with the CITI modules and assigned readings, identify ethical considerations associated with qualitative research and proffer solutions or processes to minimize risk to participants that the article does not address.

• Analysis – Provide a comprehensive analysis of the research data collection and analysis procedures. Be sure to support with research that explains these data collection and analysis procedures were the most appropriate for each study.

• Other procedures – Discuss other data collection and analysis procedures that could have also worked for the study, based on research regarding data collection and analysis procedures.

• Conclusion – Conclude with an assessment of the overall quality of the article.

Read the McKinsey report and indicate 3 issues that you found to be most important to the health care industry.

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McKinsey report

Read the McKinsey report and indicate 3 issues that you found to be most important to the health care industry.

https://www.mckinsey.com/industries/healthcare-systems-and-services/our-insights/understanding-the-impact-of-unmet-social-needs-on-consumer-health-and-healthcare

 

Research and analyze a leader applying theories and leadership approaches covered in the course. Sources may include material presented in films, biographies, autobiographies, interviews, and news articles.

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Ulysses S. Grant

-Students research and analyze a leader applying theories and leadership approaches covered in the course. Sources may include material presented in films, biographies, autobiographies, interviews, and news articles, but must also include at least two peer-reviewed academic journal articles.

-Leader topics must be submitted and approved by the professor

-The paper must be 6 pages of content, double spaced, Times New Roman, and written following APA guidelines with a separate title, table of contents, section headers, and reference page (the cover page, table of contents, and references section do not count toward the 6 pages of content).

-The assignment requires analysis (synthesis, application, and evaluation), not just reporting and regurgitating information. Students should use different theories and approaches to leadership to analyze and evaluate the effectiveness of the selected leader.